The article is also notable for its consistency in spelling "lose" as "loose".
One could interpret the outcome of the game as a number by ○ being the digit 0 and ● being 1. For fun we could also say that if there is a repeating subsequence at the end (someone lost), then that is repeated infinitely. I suggest this because any won game has a sub-string repeated three times at the end, so we might as well repeat it to infinity!
Say the example game, ● ● ○ ○ ● ● ○ ○ ● ● ○ ● ● ○ ● ○ ○ ● ● ○ ○ ● ● ○ ○ ●, would be 0.11001100110110100110011001, or perhaps 0.11001100110110(1001) where the parenthesis express infinite repetition. If we choose the first, it is 768160/959951 and the second would be 65553/81920.
In any case, a won game would be a rational number, while a game which goes on forever would be an irrational! One could then wonder which irrational numbers are represented by such games.
Seems like there should be a bijection there no?
Without having a proof ready at hand, I am quite sure that the `generate` sequence from my post represents a transcendental number.